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| #1271728 in Books | 2010-03-30 | 2009-09-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .99 x6.52 x9.28l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 368 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A wonderful little book prepared as a guided tour through the ...|By Fred P.|A wonderful little book prepared as a guided tour through the major historical sites in Jerusalem, ranging from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to the Knesset. Chronological if only by way of starting at the oldest center of the old city and working forward. But each step is so deeply layered in time|From Publishers Weekly|Goldhill, professor of Greek at Cambridge (The Temple of Jerusalem), provides an illuminating archeological, architectural and historical guide to Jerusalem's most important holy and secular sites from biblical times to the present.
Jerusalem is the site of some of the most famous religious monuments in the world, from the Dome of the Rock to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Western Wall of the Temple. Since the nineteenth century, the city has been a premier tourist destination, not least because of the countless religious pilgrims from the three Abrahamic faiths.
But Jerusalem is more than a tourist site―it is a city where every square mile is layered with historical significanc...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Jerusalem: City of Longing | Simon Goldhill. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
